Nov 22nd Tuesday

Dictionary & work on Swiss Ghost.
Old man sawing wood for us.
Watt phoned that I would have to go to England to sign sheets of Lawrence books in time for Xmas [Christmas] publication. I refused, & he arranged that a Miss Nernie would bring them to Paris for me to sign there.
That clouded the day, & it rained heavily too.
Laura working mostly with David: & wrote letters in my bedroom most of the night.
Evening walk with her along Boisgervilly road.

Hands Referenced

Places Mentioned

  • Boisgervilly

    Boisgervilly, Brittany, France
    town near Montauban, France eds.

  • Paris

    France

People Mentioned

  • David Reeves

    Reeves, David
    Brother of James Reeves [and Ethel Herdman] RPG 292.

  • Laura

    Riding, Laura
    (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).

  • T.E.

    Lawrence, T. E.
    'Lawrence of Arabia.' Met Robert in Oxford in the early twenties. Made Robert his biographer and had him write "Lawrence and the Arabs." WG

  • Miss Nernie

    Nernie, Miss
    Associated with A.S. Watt publishing of T.E. Lawrence Biography eds.

Organizations Mentioned

  • A.S. Watt & Son, Ltd.

    Watt, A.S.
    RG's literary agent: first mentioned in November, 1935; team includes: Alexander Strahan Watt, and W.P. Watt et al, who may have handled different aspects of Graves' extensive European publishing and distribution. The firm replaced Eric Pinker. K.G. When did Pinker go, and why? KG

Bibliography

    • Title: Dictionary [projected project; unfinished]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • Date: 1935
    • Title: The Swiss Ghost [formerly The Kind Ghost] [novel]
    • Author: Graves, Robert/ Riding, Laura
    • Date: 1937-04-22